Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL3 / Region_ITL1 / Responsibility_level_ungrouped

Status	Year	Sexual_orientation	Region_ITL3	Region_ITL1	Responsibility_level_ungrouped	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire	Scotland	AA	30	25	27230	26580
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire	Scotland	AO	175	165	30370	29900
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire	Scotland	EO	390	355	35600	35740
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire	Scotland	G6	35	35	86190	89400
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire	Scotland	G7	115	110	73240	74820
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire	Scotland	HEO	230	215	42130	43930
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire	Scotland	SCS level	5	5	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire	Scotland	SEO	230	215	62590	57150
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Angus and Dundee City	Scotland	AA	295	280	27920	29260
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Angus and Dundee City	Scotland	AO	420	385	28380	27840
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Angus and Dundee City	Scotland	EO	700	665	34480	34890
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Angus and Dundee City	Scotland	G6	40	40	86050	89400
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Angus and Dundee City	Scotland	G7	90	85	69110	74820
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Angus and Dundee City	Scotland	HEO	240	225	41610	41640
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Angus and Dundee City	Scotland	SCS level	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Angus and Dundee City	Scotland	SEO	125	120	51240	51450
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	AA	55	55	28120	28400
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	AO	30	30	28060	28010
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	EO	25	20	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	G6	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
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Notes: Summary figures are suppressed when information relates to less than 5 civil servants for FTE or Headcount, and less than 10 civil servants for median and mean salary (shown as [c]). Zero responses and salaries for less than 30 civil servants have been suppressed for GPDR special category data. FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5, or £10 as appropriate.

Data source: All figures are aggregated from the Cabinet Office Annual Civil Service Employment Survey collection.

Version: Generated on 2026-07-16

Data column	Description
Status	Employment status of the civil servants.
	In post - includes staff that were in post on the reference date (31 March).
	New entrant CS - includes new entrants to the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March).
	Leaver CS - includes leavers from the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March). This includes employees who have an Unknown leaving cause.
	Leaver Dept. - includes leavers from the department over the year (1 April to 31 March), who did not leave the Civil Service.
Year	Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Responsibility_level_ungrouped	With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
	This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
	Responsibility_level_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
Region_ITL1	Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
	Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
	ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
Region_ITL3	Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
	Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
	ITL 3 divides into counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland.
Sexual_orientation	Self reported sexual orientation.
	"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
	The Serious Fraud Office have not reported any data for profession, function, ethnicity, disabilty and sexual orientation due to alignment concerns with these fields with external reporting criteria. The Serious Fraud Office is currently undertaking work to ensure a robust dataset is reported for the 2027 ACSES return.
Headcount	Total number of civil servants (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE	Total full-time equivalent (FTE) employment numbers (rounded to nearest 5).
	FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups.
Mean_salary	Average salary (mean, rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
	These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).
Median_salary	Median salary (rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
	These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).